23/06/2012
Kate Adie presents tales by the BBC's foreign correspondents from Cairo, Thessaloniki, Vukovar, Stockholm and the Indonesian Spice Islands.
In this edition, rumours and conspiracy theories swirl around Egypt; the Greeks fed up with being criticised for attitudes towards Europe; businessmen and environmentalists squabble over the River Danube in Croatia; how love, trolls and goblins help in the shaping of Swedish government policy and musings on the folly of empire from half way up a volcano in Indonesia.
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Introduction
Duration: 00:34
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Egypt’s future
Lyse Doucet in Cairo reflects on some of the rumours and conspiracy theories swirling around Egypt as the country waited for the election result.
Duration: 05:28
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The price of EU membership
In Greece, Manuela Saragosa meets some citizens who feel misunderstood by other European nations.
Duration: 05:33
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Going straight
Nick Thorpe in Croatia explains why opinions are divided over plans to straighten out the course of the river Danube.
Duration: 05:45
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Welfare success
In Stockholm, Jo Fidgen says not cheating the state is one of the secrets behind Sweden’s successful welfare model.
Duration: 04:46
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World's oldest clove tree
In the Indonesian Spice Islands, Simon Worrall finds an extraordinary tree, half-way up a volcano.
Duration: 05:57
Forcing the Danube to go straight
The world's oldest clove tree
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- Sat 23 Jun 2012 11:30BBC Radio 4
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